Kevin Spacey under fire for sexual advance 30 years ago
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Actor Anthony Rapp came forward October 29, 2017, with his story of sexual harassment. He stated that in 1986, when he was 14 years old, actor Kevin Spacey “laid on top of [him]” at a party. Spacey was intoxicated, and has claimed to have no memory of the events.
Spacey apologized on Twitter the morning of the 30th, and has been widely criticized for his handling of the situation. In his apology, he also decided to come out of the closet as a gay man. Spacey has been famously private about his personal life, and has come under fire for taking this opportunity to apologize as a moment to reveal this information.
Anthony Rapp said in an emailed statement that “everything I wanted to say about my experience is in that article, and i have no further comment about it at this time.”
Sara • Nov 15, 2017 at 9:45 AM
I had a debate on this topic in Current Events. Everyone was in support for the victims, but there was one guy in the class that said, “It isn’t rape because they chose to do it for the part in the show.” Point is, it is sad and that guy doesn’t understand.
Kaitlyn Hays • Nov 15, 2017 at 9:24 AM
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